PIKE

By: Lucia Taylor, Pilar Madeo y Camila Maggi

Edward James "Ted" Hughes

Edward James "Ted" Hughes(17 August 1930 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death. Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. His part in the relationship became controversial to some feminists and (particularly) American admirers of Plath. His last poetic work, Birthday Letters (1998), explored their complex relationship. These poems make reference to Plath's suicide, but none of them addresses directly the circumstances of her death. A poem discovered in October 2010, Last letter, describes what happened during the three days leading up to Plath's suicide.

Introduction
The poem we are analyzing is called the pike written by. It describes the author dream childhood, where he could go fishing pikes.

Description the Stanzas

The first stanza talks about the perfect fishing pike, green tigering the gold. In the second and third stanza the author starts to describe the habitat in which the pike lives, the pond. The fourth one describes the most important thing about the pike. Its mouth through which it attacks and eats. The fifth stanza says that the pike starts to eat each other. In the sixth it describes how he found two dead pikes in the willow herb. The seventh stanza talks about how the pikes attack. In the eight one the author says that the pond in which he had fished fifty years ago was completely covered by lilies. The ninth stanza talks about the age of the pond that he compares with England. The last two stanzas talk about the darkness of the pond due to the night. And makes you doubt wherever it is a dream or a real story.

Intrepetration
In one part of the poem the author remembers how he used to fish pikes in the pond. But also theres a connection between the author and the pike, they are both old. It compares the old pond with England due to its huge history and dark mysteries.

Rhythm and messajes

The poem has 11 stanzas, none of them with rhythm. Each stanza has four lines. We could found a figurative imagery of England with the pound. The author metaphorically compares the pond with England history and dark mysteries.

Themes
We can compare this poem with the one Edwin Nuir wrote, Horses. Both poems are related with the authors childhood. In the case of horses the author narrates a story that can or not be truth, about a country thats suffered the devastation of an atomic bomb. And the pike tells us the times or dreams times in which the author went to fish as a kid

Conclusion
The poem narrates the authors childhood fishing adventures that at first seems like a beautiful adventure but as he continues to tells us we start to feel the danger, fairness and dark mysteries of the pond.